How to Make a Concertina Book
Cut a square of mount board (thick cardboard) about 3 inches square., Cut a piece of paper slightly larger than the cardboard and cut across the corners, gluing the paper to the card and over the edges., Fold a square piece of paper in half...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Cut a square of mount board (thick cardboard) about 3 inches square.
The paper needs to completely cover the inside edges but it is not necessary to cover the very middle because the folded papers will be glued on here. ,,,,,, Just do this on one diagonal, not both. , When folded flat it will be a square a quarter the area of the whole piece. ,,, Try not to get any glue along the edges or it may make them stick together.
Wipe any excess off. ,, If you use a glue stick it should stay in place fairly quickly. , so that the corner with the ‘flaps’ is towards you). ,, the opposite way round from the rest of the pages). ,,,, If they are, pry them apart.
This should be fairly easy if you haven’t been too wild with the glue.
It is important to do this now, before the glue has dried hard.
If there are any gobs of glue on any of the edges, wipe them off carefully with your fingers. , -
Step 2: Cut a piece of paper slightly larger than the cardboard and cut across the corners
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Step 3: gluing the paper to the card and over the edges.
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Step 4: Fold a square piece of paper in half lengthwise.
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Step 5: Open the paper back up.
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Step 6: Fold the paper in half the other way.
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Step 7: Open the paper back up.
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Step 8: Turn the paper over.
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Step 9: Fold the paper diagonally
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Step 10: press the edge well and open out.
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Step 11: Turn the paper over again and push the corners with the diagonal folds towards each other.
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Step 12: Repeat with all six pieces of paper.
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Step 13: Put the papers in the order you want to glue them on.
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Step 14: Put glue all over one square side of the paper.
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Step 15: Place the glued side on to the wrong side of the cover centrally and press it down.
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Step 16: Press down hard so that it sticks!
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Step 17: Put glue on to the second piece of folded paper and position it on top of the first the same way round (IE.
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Step 18: Turn the whole thing round 180 degrees so that the folded corner without the flaps is towards you and the corner with the flaps is away from you.
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Step 19: Put glue on the next piece of paper and position it on top of the rest with the corner with the flaps towards you (IE.
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Step 20: Do the same with the next piece of paper and then turn it 180 degrees again and put the last two pieces of paper on top so that they are facing the same way as the first two you did.
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Step 21: Put glue on the top page
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Step 22: line up the cover level with the bottom cover and stick it on
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Step 23: wrong side on to the paper.
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Step 24: Now press the whole thing down well to stick it together nicely.
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Step 25: Open it up carefully and check none of the pages are stuck where they shouldn’t be.
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Step 26: Finished.
Detailed Guide
The paper needs to completely cover the inside edges but it is not necessary to cover the very middle because the folded papers will be glued on here. ,,,,,, Just do this on one diagonal, not both. , When folded flat it will be a square a quarter the area of the whole piece. ,,, Try not to get any glue along the edges or it may make them stick together.
Wipe any excess off. ,, If you use a glue stick it should stay in place fairly quickly. , so that the corner with the ‘flaps’ is towards you). ,, the opposite way round from the rest of the pages). ,,,, If they are, pry them apart.
This should be fairly easy if you haven’t been too wild with the glue.
It is important to do this now, before the glue has dried hard.
If there are any gobs of glue on any of the edges, wipe them off carefully with your fingers. ,
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